Otters shut out Rangers

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KITCHENER, Ontario -- Oscar Dansk and the Erie Otters felt right at home Friday night in an arena that hasn't been kind to them in recent years.

Dansk made 35 saves in his first OHL shutout, and fellow Swede Andre Burakovsky scored twice, to lead the Otters to a 4-0 win against Midwest Division rival Kitchener in front of 6,961 fans at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The Otters (5-2-1-0) won for the fourth time in 16 trips to Kitchener in the past five years.

The Otters also extended their winning streak to three games for the second time in the past two-plus seasons.

The game began 20 minutes after the scheduled 7:30 p.m. start time because traffic in Ontario delayed the Otters' arrival in Kitchener. But they were unfazed while building a 2-0 first-period lead on goals from Burakovsky and Dane Fox against former Erie goaltender Tyson Teichmann. Burakovsky extended his goal- and point-scoring streak to five games by scoring 8 minutes, 9 seconds into the period. Fox followed with his sixth goal of the season at the 16:45 mark.

Connor McDavid assisted on both goals. He also scored on the power play 32 seconds into the second period.

The Rangers (3-3-0-0) outshot the Otters 17-7 in the second and 35-28 overall. The Otters were outshot for the first time this season. But Dansk stopped all 17 shots in the period to keep the Rangers off the scoreboard. Meanwhile, the Otters capitalized on a two-man advantage to start the third, with Burakovsky scoring his sixth goal of the season on assists from Connor Brown (three assists) and Fox (two points).